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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Albania	Canada	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,085	30,510	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,065	30,796	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,047	31,132	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,038	31,473	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,026	31,758	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,014	32,055	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,998	32,360	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,979	32,688	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,957	33,007	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,934	33,367	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,915	33,750	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,900	34,127	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,892	34,463	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,888	34,839	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,882	35,209	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,876	35,565	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,868	35,831	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,863	36,239	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,861	36,677	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,854	37,198	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,842	37,736	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,825	38,174	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,799	38,383	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,787	38,685	295

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

No separate list is published for Malta, Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.